Louisa Rebgetz

Louisa Rebgetz is a journalist based in the ABC's Brisbane newsroom, working as a reporter for radio, television and online. She joined the ABC in 2007 as a journalist in Townsville and has also worked in the ABC's Darwin newsroom.

It won't be drought-breaking, but a weekend of heavy rainfall is expected to hit parts of Queensland this weekend, with up to 70 millimetres possible in some isolated areas, bringing some much-needed relief for farmers.

Supermarket giant Woolworths is banning single-use plastic bags from today ahead of a statewide ban taking effect next month. The bags take years to break down, and many end up in the environment polluting oceans, rivers and beaches.

Logan's chamber of commerce is calling for under-fire Mayor Luke Smith to stand down for the council, south of Brisbane, while the corruption watchdog investigates allegations he received a boat from a Chinese developer.

Former LNP assistant health minister Chris Davis only missed out on a job at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital because of his political views, the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal is told.

A jury hears Thomas Chris Lang telling detectives he loved his fiancee, hated violence and did not kill her. He was staying in her Brisbane apartment when she was found dead with a knife sticking from her abdomen.

When volcano experts say Bali's Mount Agung is "extremely likely" to erupt within hours or days, it's because of charts like this: a red line tracking the mood of the mountain day after day that started spiking skyward two weeks ago.

A decision to reject two controversial mining applications on a far north Queensland cattle station owned by the Government is good news for the Great Barrier Reef, the state's Environment Minister says.

The Indian mining giant Adani's Abbot Point coal terminal in northern Queensland avoids a multi-million-dollar fine, but is slugged $12,000 for releasing sediment stormwater during Tropical Cyclone Debbie at a level many times higher than allowed.